Vase and cover
This pâte-surpâte vase demonstrates the remarkable talents of Marc-Louis Emanuel Solon, a former ceramicist at Sèvres who arrived at Minton in 1870 and transformed the pâte-sur-pâte (paste on paste) technique at the British ceramics factory into an art form. Pâte-sur-pâte consists in applying thin coatings of slip, typically white but sometimes polychrome, in successive layers to a damp and unfired clay body to create delicate decorative motifs. This signed piece demonstrates the pride that Solon took in using the technique to create cameo-like effects on his vases.
Artwork Details
- Title: Vase and cover
- Maker: Minton(s) (British, Stoke-on-Trent, 1793–present)
- Artist: Louis Marc Emmanuel Solon (French, Montauban 1835–1913 Stoke-on-Trent)
- Date: 1903
- Culture: British, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
- Medium: Pâte-sur-pâte porcelain
- Dimensions: Confirmed: 13 1/2 × 4 3/8 × 4 3/8 in. (34.3 × 11.1 × 11.1 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
- Credit Line: Gift of the Starr and Wolfe Families, 2018
- Object Number: 2018.889.7a, b
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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